Question

Jennifer is a very cautious person. She _______________.
Select the appropriate option to complete the sentence.
A) Don’t like to take risks.
B) Doesn’t like to take risks.
C) Likes to take risks.
D) Like to take risks.

Answer 1

Hint: Subject-verb agreement plays an important role in framing the complete sentence. Subject-verb agreement must agree with one another in numbers such as if the subject is singular the verb should also be singular and if the subject is plural the verb should also be plural. For example He reads every day.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Don’t like to take risks – don't is used when speaking in the first- and second-person plural and singular and the third person plural such as "I," "you," "we," and "they". Don’t is used to make a negative statement. For example: I don't like seafood. Therefore, the use of this option in the blank is incorrect and thus, this is an incorrect answer.
Option B) Doesn’t like to take risks – doesn’t is used when the subject is in the third-person singular like he, she, it. Therefore, this is the correct option because ‘she’ represents the third -person singular. Thus, this is the correct answer and also does not indicate the negative statement.
Option C) Likes to take risks – this is an incorrect answer because ‘likes to take risk’ does not go well in the blank because in first part of the sentence it is clearly stated that she is cautious (careful or watchful) and she cannot take risk and this option states that she likes to take risk and this is complete contradictory statement to the first part of the sentence. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.
Option D) Like to take risks - this is an incorrect answer because ‘like to take risk’ does not go well in the blank because in first part of the sentence it is clearly stated that she is cautious (careful or watchful) and she cannot take risk and this option states that she likes to take risk and this is complete contradictory statement to the first part of the sentence. Therefore, this is an incorrect answer.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘B’ i.e, Jennifer is a very cautious person. She doesn’t like to take risks.

Note: Within the sentence given in the question, it’s important to have a better understanding for the topic subject-verb agreement. The subject ‘she’ is a cautious person which means that she rarely takes risks. This states that the verb of the subject should be in a negative way. The words "don't" and "doesn't" are negative words. The meaning of the words “Do” and “Does” are identical, that is, “to perform an action”. “Do” is employed within the first and second persons whereas “does” is used in the third person. The sentence given in the question is in third person therefore, isn't the correct option.